raise [ raise ]
Verb
she raised both arms above her head
It is slowly raised upright, a careful job made more arduous by high heat and humidity.
After the barn was raised, I built a cowshed and horse stall on the east side.
the galloping horse raised a cloud of dust
It is up to them to decide whether to raise the ship.
Added to selective breeding is another step, another human act, that of using yeast to raise the bread or ferment the wine.
the gig mills raised the nap on the cloth prior to shearing
the bank raised interest rates
Thus by virtue of her humility she was raised to a higher rank.
The recipe in this case is to take each prime p from 2 to infinity, raise it to the power s, then after some further arithmetic multiply together the terms for all p.
I'll raise you another hundred dollars
North raises to three no trumps
the alarm was raised when he failed to return home
They raised two petitions and sent 64 letters of objection.
There is little prospect of raising the required amount.
he was born and raised in San Francisco
He now has no land to grow crops or raise cattle.
Jesus claimed to be God and God rewarded him by raising him from the dead - because he was telling the truth.
Even our closest allies in the US and UK were shocked and mortified, raising the ghost of the White Australia policy.
The Jeanne D'Arc of this film is no longer the heroic leader who raised the siege of Orleans.
the rabbit was only 250 yards from where he first raised it
they raised the low coast by evening
She figured she was safe enough to try raising the prison, so she configured the radio and transmitted a hailing.
Fucose was complexed with bovine serum albumin to raise antibodies against fucose.
Noun
Our raises are not keeping pace with inflation.
Then betting commences with raises, calls and folds as usual.
The overhead press and overhead lateral raise are good movements to make your shoulders wider.

